PA HS Wrestling thread
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Beca will be the odds-on favorite. They won last year by 17 points and return all of their state qualifiers, including both state champs.
This is ridiculous. These teams should be forced up. They seriously could be top 5 in the country and beating up the smallest schools in the PA. PIAA makes no sense
Back to the only thing that makes sense
AA, AAA and Privates/Open Enrollment for team
One bracket for Individuals
AA, AAA and Privates/Open Enrollment for team
One bracket for Individuals
Who are some AAA teams to watch out for this year? The WPIAL just realigned their sections. Not much really changed.
This has been going on for a long time. According to PIAA, the only thing that will change it is if PA changes a 1972 law.
I recently wrote my PA House of Representative member, and they didn't even respond. That suggests to me that there isn't any urgency to change the law.
Josh Shields steps back at Burrell:
https://tribhssn.triblive.com/josh-...wrestling-program-despite-departure-as-coach/
https://tribhssn.triblive.com/josh-...wrestling-program-despite-departure-as-coach/
There’s little money in HS wrestling coaching. Most mat clubs supplement the school stipen and these aren’t rich organizations. When you see a coach, he’s not doing it for the money. If a life situation pops up or your heart isn’t into it then there’s little preventing you from hanging up the whistle. Don’t know what the actual situation is here but probably not exciting.
Burrell and Reynolds are both great AA programs. Shields will be missed. They are both open enrollment schools which makes a big difference
Wouldn't be shocked if Asher is up another 2 weight classes this year. Kid is growing fast (and jumping levels every time he does)
I don't doubt it. He mentioned after winning his state title that, “The biggest challenge I had to face during the season was to make weight for every tournament.”. So I can see that happening. How tall is he?
HS wrestling nationally just adopted the college boundary rule and the college near fall scoring rule. PIAA will implement these changes. Scoring will go up.
SW 7, lol. Why not make it a 64-man tourney and give SW 51 of them?
I understand how PIAA does its distributions -- based upon the number of state medalists in the previous 2-year cycle. OTOH, in 2023-2024, here is the distribution of state placers from SW Regionals:
| SW-1 | SW-2 | SW-3 | SW-4 | SW-5 | SW-6 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 21 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Among those SW-4 and SW-5 placers: S5 (1), S6 (1), S7 (1), S8 (2).
Not exactly a compelling argument for having a SW-7 qualify for states.
AAA NW and SW both get 3? That is wrong, there are 44 AAA teams in the SW and 22 in the NW. PIAA needs more work at rocket math.
No issue with the AA allocations.
Not my battle to fight, but if this is the outcome of the formula then the formula is terribly flawed. 6 qualifiers between the two regions makes sense but not a 3-3 split. Also not a good cycle for WPIAL wrestling if every other region is outplacing them.
The outcome gives NW 1.7 but every region gets a minimum of 3 then they distribute the extras based on amount of schools. Always been that way until last year when committee decided to ignore them and stick with prev numbers. Before the SE improved they were the o my region to get 4 fir awhile and was by far the worst performing region. SE AAA has improved greatly.
Needs to pass 2 more readings which usually happens.
Does the number of place winners factor in? The calculations all reference # of schools.
I didn't read the specifics but all regions need to have a minimum of 3 or 4 places to advance to States . If I recall years ago(1980s?) they changed to only 2 qualifiers in our area for AA. I think it lasted 2 years. All kids should have opportunity to wrestle back after tough lost or getting caught.
The Darwin theory would take place at States anyway but the kids would get a chance to reach their goal of qualifying.
The Darwin theory would take place at States anyway but the kids would get a chance to reach their goal of qualifying.
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Rath skipping sr year. This is a New trend for sure. PIAA doesn’t seem to hold as much value as it used to in my day
I guess with Super 32, Fargo and team trials it not up there any more.
I guess with Super 32, Fargo and team trials it not up there any more.
WPIAL News - Maddox Shaw to OSU, Pitt gets a few
https://tribhssn.triblive.com/wpial-wrestling-notebook-hempfield-looking-for-new-coach/
https://tribhssn.triblive.com/wpial-wrestling-notebook-hempfield-looking-for-new-coach/
Elijah Brown committed this past week to Pitt, but most of the other guys committed many months ago -- Shaw was in April, Vaughn Spencer to Lehigh was in Nov 2023, Willochell to Wyoming in Dec 2023, etc.
Can't even claim this was a 2025 recap, because Brown is 2026.
Stating the obvious, but I think that Elijah Brown is going to be one of the steals of the 2026 class.
Brown made a major jump this past year -- went 7th at districts in 2023, SW Regional champ in 2024.
Brown won the WPIAL in AA and then looked like a totally different wrestler at PIAA states going 1-2. I barely knew who he was and then I followed him at Fargo. It was one of the most insane runs I ever seen. He was literally losing every match and then would win off a challenge or crazy big move. I think he will redshift at Pitt and then be a 2 year starter or so. Solid pickup for Pitt.
